Conches-en-Ouche

Conches-en-Ouche (, literally Conches in Ouche) is a commune in the Eure département in northern France.

Geography
It is located by the Rouloir river, southwest of Évreux in the Normandy region. The town is located on a plateau known as the Pays d'Ouche.

Sights and monuments

 * Château de Conches-en-Ouche, ruins of 11th-century castle
 * Church of St Faith (l'Église Sainte-Foy)
 * Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Châtillon-lès-Conches
 * Arboretum
 * Folk museum

Personalities linked to the commune

 * William of Conches, medieval grammarian, philosopher and theologian of the School of Chartres.
 * Diderot set an episode of Jacques le fataliste et son maître (1773/1775) in Conches.
 * Victor-Amédée Barbié du Bocage (1832–1890), renowned geographer and essayist, died in the Château de Quenet on 11 October 1890.
 * Paul Collin (1843–1915), writer and librettist, was born here.
 * François Décorchemont (1880–1971), master glassmaker who made the windows of numerous churches in the Eure and the Church of Sainte-Odile in Paris was born and died in Conches.
 * Alfred Recours, mayor of the town since 1984 and a former deputy for l'Eure.
 * Roger de Tosny I, medieval knight known as the Moor Eater

International relations
Conches-en-Ouche is twinned with:
 * Rhodes, Greece
 * 🇵🇱 Człuchów, Poland
 * Wareham, United Kingdom
 * 🇩🇪 Aulendorf, Germany